Cosmin’s main squad against Uzbekistan, its axis, Majid Hassan

Mathematical and artists expected football analysts that the midfielder, Majed Hassan (32 years old), expected the axis of the expected amendments, most notably in the starting lineup of the national team led by Romanian coach Olario Cosmin, during the expected match tomorrow, at Al Nahyan Stadium in Al Wahda Club in Abu Dhabi, within the ninth round of the last of the direct qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

The athletes affirmed to «Emirates Today» the importance of the match as it is crucial and a final opportunity for the team in harvesting the direct qualification card, which imposes on Kozmin the adventure with the adoption of the strong offensive pressure method, and the failure to neglect the defensive side, with their belief that the amendments to the squad will be slight and its axis Majid Hassan, as it will be focused in the defense line that faced several problems on the days of the former Portuguese coach Paulo Pinto.

The athletes expected that Kozmin will push a collection that includes Khaled Issa in guarding the goal, and in the defense Khalifa Al Hammadi, Lucas Bimanta, Khaled Al -Dhanhani and Alauddin Zuhair, and in the middle Majid Hassan, Yahya Nader and Abdullah Ramadan, and in the front line Ali Saleh, Kawan Pereira and Kayo Lucas, noting that there are distinguished players, he enabled them to use them such as Sasha, Qami Kawaido and Marcus Miloni Yahya Al -Ghassani, Harib Abdullah and Lima.

The UAE team is third in the first group ranking with 13 points, behind Iran, and it has 20 points and ensured qualification officially, Uzbekistan II with 17 points, while Qatar comes fourth with 10 points, Kyrgyzstan is fifth with 6 points, and North Korea is only six points.

The UAE team needs to beat Uzbekistan in the next match in Abu Dhabi, then beat Kyrgyzstan in the last round away from home, in exchange for the failure of Uzbekistan in its final match with Qatar, to ensure direct qualification for the second time in its history after the 1990 World Cup.

A compressor offensive style

The sports commentator and the technical analyst, Ali Hamid, stressed that if the team wants to qualify directly to the World Cup, he must serve himself by winning his matches against Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, and then awaits the result of the match between Uzbekistan and Qatar, stressing that if the team does not agree to qualify direct The remaining two games by playing in a pressing offensive style with the aim of winning, and although Cosmin sometimes plays in a style in which a kind of reservation, but at other times he is rushing offensive.

Ali Hamid expected that Kozmin will play the Uzbekistan match in a way that has a kind of adventure, and said, “The new list of the team included new assignments from the players such as Sasha and others, so the options against the coach have become greater in terms of quality, not the number, so it may be paid with players who will achieve the purpose, and Majid Hassan will be the most prominent faces that will be present in the squad, given the perfect conviction Desired for the national team. ”

Change for the better

For his part, the administrator and technical analyst Khaled Obaid said that there will definitely be changes for the best in the team under the leadership of Cosmin, given his full knowledge of all the players, and that the shape of the team will be different from the previous, because of the importance of the remaining two games for the UAE team and put it in the qualifiers.

With regard to his expectations for the basic formation, Khaled Obaid explained, “I expect that there will be a slight change in the squad at the level of one player or two players, especially in the defense axis, and there is a possibility for other players to enter other than Kwami and Khalifa Al Hammadi, and I believe that Khaled Al -Dhanhani will continue in the right -back position, while Lucas Pimanta will be at the left side, and I also expect that he will depend in such matches on their players. An offensive tendency, such as Majid Hassan and Yahya Nader, in addition to Luan Pereira, who can give a greater addition in the presence of Abdullah Ramadan in making opportunities for the attackers behind the opponent’s defense line, whether it is Caio Lucas or to the parties, whether he relied on Ali Saleh or the fighter of Abdullah in the exchange of centers, and there are distinguished substitutes such as Yahya Al -Ghassani, and this system can give greater offensive power and force the opponent to retreat ».

Khaled Obaid considered that the presence of the Caio Lucas trio as an explicit striker characterized by strong shots, alongside Ali Saleh and Hareb Abdullah, is a very important matter, as they are able to make gaps in the Uzbek defense.

One last opportunity

In turn, the national football coach in the former international player, Nawaf Mubarak, wished that the time players would help to accommodate the thought and style of Cosmin, considering that this opportunity is the last opportunity for the team to harvest a direct qualification card, and it is difficult to neglect it, especially as he plays at home despite the difficulty of the match.

“I expect Kozmin to start the defense, which is the weakest link in Khalifa Al Hammadi, along with Kwami or Lucas Bimanta, in addition to Marcus, two million, right back and Alauddin Zahr, a left back, and in the midfield he can seek the help of Majid Hassan or Muhammad Abdul Basit alongside Abdullah Ramadan or Yahya Nader, in addition to Luan Pereira and Ali Saleh on the left side, and Kayo Lucas In addition to Yahya Al -Ghassani or the fighter of Abdullah on the right side.

Nawaf Mubarak considered that Khaled Issa is the most appropriate to guard the team’s goal in the match.

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